Author: John Hawkins

How is it that Christians seem to be the only people ever targeted in this way? “As a Catholic, Vince Haley often went to Mass at the College of William and Mary’s historic Wren Chapel when he was an undergraduate in the 1980s. Also a Catholic, school President Gene R. Nichol often goes to the […]

You can’t even enjoy a football game in this country without having people trying to turn it into a race based issue. From the AP: “With two black coaches in the Super Bowl for the first time, the historic accomplishment presents a welcome dilemma for many black fans: For whom to root? Many are not […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Mark Steyn: What’s so hot about fickle science? Break: Video — All the 2007 Super Bowl commercials. Post Gazette: Man accused of sending kitten’s head to ex-girlfriend along with note that said, “I love you, Your Ben.” The Washington Times: Bush builds […]

“In a higher phase of communist society, after the enslaving subordination of the individual to the division of labor […] has vanished […] and all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly — only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be crossed in its entirety and society inscribe on its banners: From […]

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below, consider this to be an open thread, and have a great week-end! The Absurd Report Amanda Carpenter: Here We Go Again Captain’s Quarters Danny Carlton Web Design Durham-in-Wonderland HamNation: How to Win in Al-Anbar Memeorandum Riehl World View Paul Shanklin Sign The Petition Today To […]

If you’re looking for someone who can represent the conservative wing of the Republican Party in 2008, California Congressman Duncan Hunter fills that bill far better that any of the top contenders who have already gotten into the race. Here’s a short, but sweet primer that may help explain why that’s the case. He Is […]

Question: “The Democrat Presidential candidates this week have made a lot of noise demanding Bush be the one to withdraw the troops, and there have been some suggestions the Democrats may use their Congress and Senate majority to put pressure on him to do so (e.g. limit funding). Do you think this is a strategic […]

Question: “In the midst of the greatest affluence the world has ever seen, Americans are saving less money than they did during the Great Depression. What do you think the consequences will be if Americans keep living like there’s no tomorrow? What do you think can be done to fix the problem?” — President_Friedman Answer: […]

Question: “Have our difficulties in Iraq crippled future presidents from using military action for disarming dangerous regimes or pursuing terrorists?” — WSOwen02 Answer: No, but it will probably change how we operate in a number of different foreign policy areas. For example, * Peace keeping missions in places like Kosovo, Somalia, and Haiti? The resistance […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Scrappleface: The newest ‘edgy’ Turner marketing plan for Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Renting a 747 painted with the show’s name on it and flying it past skyscrapers in major cities EURweb: Paris Hilton drops the N-Bomb: “We’re like two n*ggers…f*ckin’ hoodlum, broke, […]

Question: Will The Republican and Democrat Politicians ever put partisanship away and do the right things for the overall good of “We The People”? — TLF Answer: Short Answer: No. Longer Answer: Not only do Republicans and Democrats disagree about what the best course of action is on any given issue, as a general rule, […]

Question: What is best video game of all time? My picks: a) Super Mario Brothers b) Pac-Man c) Grand Theft Auto III d) The Legend of Zelda Posted by D-Vega Answer: I’ve slowed down a lot on the video game front in the last few years, but I would have to say: Honorable Mentions: The […]

Question: “What are your thoughts on the new primary schedule, and which candidates (on either side) do you think it will help or hurt?” — Mike_M Answer: There have been a number of big states that have moved their primary dates up. Here’s a tentative schedule: 2008 Jan. 14: Iowa caucuses Jan. 19: Nevada Democratic […]

Question: “John, Both Duncan Hunter and Tancredo talk about securing our borders,etc. But even if one of them were (or maybe even both,P,VP,) elected to be the President. Do you think the border fence will really actually be built? Especially since we still have RINO congress plus we still have lobbyists that may buy them […]

Question: “Can you fix it so we don’t get dumped out of the comments section after we hit post?” — mightysamurai Answer: Overall, people have seemed to like the new design, although there were some complaints about the comments. Here are the 4 things that people said they didn’t like about the new comments section: […]

Today is Q&A Friday #58 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be about politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, from a liberal, conservative, or libertarian perspective; heck, it […]

The party in charge of Congress has changed, but the sinking sensation you get when your tax dollars are thrown down a rathole is exactly the same. The latest taxpayer screw job is taking place in South Dakota at the behest of Republican John Thune, Here’s Freedom Works on the DM&E boondoggle: “Currently the Federal […]

Over at the Huffpo, blogger Steve Andersen has a post called, “Molly Ivins: Right Wingers cheer her death.” The egregious examples by far that he points out are some truly despicable comments at the MSNBC Message Board about Molly Ivins. Here’s a sample of what some of these scumbags have to say: Joe R. (11 […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Gateway Pundit: The New York Times publishes photos and posts video of a dying US soldier! Now, the suffering Texas family is outraged! They were not contacted by the Times before the report was published! Sawyer Home: What I learned from 9-11 […]

Over at the world’s most popular liberal blog, the Daily Kos, Diarist bluedogtxn says what so many other liberals actually think — he wants to lose the war in Iraq. Here’s the clincher quote from, “The Case for Losing”: “…We need to lose this war and not start the next one so that we can […]

Yesterday, WAPO blogger William Arkin, wrote a nasty, anti-troop screed on his blog and judging by a post he put up this morning, he has taken a righteous verbal beating for it. After bitterly complaining that people had written him nasty emails and said mean things to him, he went on to slap the troops […]

Many people say that exaggerated accounts of what was happening in Cuba from William Randolph Hearst’s New York Morning Journal helped push us into the Spanish American War. Well, the New York Times seems to be making the same sort of concerted effort to make us lose the war on terror. It goes without saying […]

From The New York Times: “Mr. Sharpton said that when Mr. Biden called him to apologize, Mr. Sharpton started off the conversation reassuring Mr. Biden about his hygienic practices. “I told him I take a bath every day,” Mr. Sharpton said.” Well, that covers clean, now what about the rest of the quote: “I mean, […]

From The New York Times: “Mr. Sharpton said that when Mr. Biden called him to apologize, Mr. Sharpton started off the conversation reassuring Mr. Biden about his hygienic practices. “I told him I take a bath every day,” Mr. Sharpton said.” Well, that covers clean, now what about the rest of the quote: “I mean, […]

“The way Libby remembered it, NBC’s Tim Russert was the first one to tell him. But the way Russert remembers it, he didn’t tell Libby about Wilson’s wife. (And the way Wilson remembers it, he was sent to Niger by Captain Kirk of the Starship Enterprise.) Try this: Who told you Wilson was sent to […]

William Arkin’s blog post over at the WAPO just drips with contempt for the troops that are over in Iraq risking their lives. You see, Arkin is frustrated that there are soldiers who actually want to win the fight in Iraq and aren’t happy about the left undercutting everything they’ve fought, sweated, and bled for […]

Is there any part of the marketplace or people’s lives that the government doesn’t want to stick its nose into? Quite frankly, proposals like this one should be voted down simply because the government has no business regulating such a thing: “A California lawmaker wants to make his state the first to ban incandescent lightbulbs […]

Human Events is a wonderful, prestigious, conservative publication and there are a lot of great people working over there — and I should know, since I’ve been writing columns for them since September of last year. It was a great opportunity, I’m glad I did it, and I have nothing but good things to say […]

My last column over at Human Events, In Defense of the Drug War, apparently struck a nerve with the pothead Libertarian crowd. Several Libertarian blogs posted on it and today, there’s even an entire column written in response to it over at LewRockwell. I’ve thought about whether to respond to these responses or not and […]

They don’t call him “Slow Joe” for nothing: “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy, I mean, that’s a storybook, man.” Translation of what Biden said: The average black politician is dumb, mush mouthed, and looks kind of shady. To find one who […]